
{"id":18109,"date":"2011-05-12T12:37:15","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T16:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=18109"},"modified":"2011-05-12T12:37:16","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T16:37:16","slug":"reusing-crook%e2%80%99s-earn-beard-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2011\/05\/12\/reusing-crook%e2%80%99s-earn-beard-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Reusing, Crook\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s earn Beard honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andrea Reusing of Lantern was named Best Chef of the Southeast and Crook\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Corner was presented with an America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Classic Award on Monday by the James Beard Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Reusing is chef\/owner of Lantern, which has consistently garnered national recognition for its innovative fusion menu and dedication to the use of local ingredients. In 2006, Lantern was selected by Gourmet magazine as one of the nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s top 50 restaurants. Reusing is now sharing her recipes in a new cookbook, Cooking in the Moment: A Year of Seasonal Recipes.<\/p>\n<p>John Fleer of Canyon Kitchen in Cashiers was the only other North Carolina finalist in the regional best-chef category.<br \/>\nThe America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Classic category honors \u00e2\u20ac\u0153restaurants with timeless appeal, beloved in their regions for quality food that reflects the character of their community.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>In praise of Crook\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, the Beard Foundation quoted Christiane Lauterbach of Atlanta Magazine:  \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bill Neal was one of the first American chefs to explore the cultural import of the regional food he worked to revive. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Since Neal\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s untimely death in 1991, Gene Hamer has served as the restaurant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s steward, while Bill Smith has overseen the kitchen, cooking iconic Crook\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dishes like shrimp and grits, hoppin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 John, jalapeno hushpuppies, and persimmon pudding.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Staff Reports<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18110\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2011\/05\/12\/reusing-crook%e2%80%99s-earn-beard-honors\/reusing_authorphoto1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18110\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Reusing_authorphoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Reusing_authorphoto1\" width=\"300\" height=\"318\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Reusing_authorphoto1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Reusing_authorphoto1-113x119.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Reusing_authorphoto1-106x113.jpg 106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrea Reusing of Lantern. Photo copyright \u00c2\u00a9 2011 by John Kernick<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18111\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2011\/05\/12\/reusing-crook%e2%80%99s-earn-beard-honors\/img_22931\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18111\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_22931.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_22931\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_22931.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_22931-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_22931-75x113.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_22931-80x120.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO BY ALLISON RUSSELL. Bill Smith of Crook\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Corner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrea Reusing of Lantern was named Best Chef of the Southeast and Crook\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Corner was presented with an America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Classic Award on Monday by the James Beard Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18109"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18171,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18109\/revisions\/18171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}